Inadvertent Wipeout!

What key combination am I inadvertenly hitting that causes all my work to
disappear from Word ? The work is not even recoverable using "Undo". This
has happened more than once to me and to others using Word as well?

I know I can delete everything using the EDIT, SELECT ALL, and DELETE
combination but I know that not the cause. Hoping someone out there can
explain the solution!

Thanks,

WDA

ballensr@adelphia.net

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Doug
Sun Nov 16 16:23:51 CST 2003

Maybe

Ctrl+a, Alt+e, a, c, Alt+f, s

but that would be pretty unlikey.

Has someone played a trick on you by assigning a macro that deletes the
content of the document and then saves it and has then assigned that macro
to the keyboard?

Please post any further questions or followup to the newsgroups for the
benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"WDA" <ballensr@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:mzRtb.1141$i24.972309@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> What key combination am I inadvertenly hitting that causes all my work to
> disappear from Word ? The work is not even recoverable using "Undo". This
> has happened more than once to me and to others using Word as well?
>
> I know I can delete everything using the EDIT, SELECT ALL, and DELETE
> combination but I know that not the cause. Hoping someone out there can
> explain the solution!
>
> Thanks,
>
> WDA
>
> ballensr@adelphia.net
>
> end
>
>

Suzanne
Sun Nov 16 17:28:58 CST 2003

If you inadvertently select all the text and have "Typing replaces
selection" enabled (Edit tab of Tools | Options), then the next character
you type will overwrite all the selected text. But Undo should reverse this.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"WDA" <ballensr@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:mzRtb.1141$i24.972309@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> What key combination am I inadvertenly hitting that causes all my work to
> disappear from Word ? The work is not even recoverable using "Undo". This
> has happened more than once to me and to others using Word as well?
>
> I know I can delete everything using the EDIT, SELECT ALL, and DELETE
> combination but I know that not the cause. Hoping someone out there can
> explain the solution!
>
> Thanks,
>
> WDA
>
> ballensr@adelphia.net
>
> end
>
>

Larry
Mon Nov 17 07:27:29 CST 2003

You can select all with Ctrl+A, you don't have to open the Edit menu for
that.

Larry

WDA
Mon Nov 17 15:30:25 CST 2003

Thanks Suzanne,

I think you hit on it. I find my left hand sometimes resting on the Control
key and probably when I type an "a" followed by another key everything
except that last key disappears. Unchecking the box like you suggest solves
the problem.

Once again, thanks,

WDA

end



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:emQZ3pJrDHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> If you inadvertently select all the text and have "Typing replaces
> selection" enabled (Edit tab of Tools | Options), then the next character
> you type will overwrite all the selected text. But Undo should reverse
this.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
> all may benefit.
>
> "WDA" <ballensr@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:mzRtb.1141$i24.972309@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> > What key combination am I inadvertenly hitting that causes all my work
to
> > disappear from Word ? The work is not even recoverable using "Undo".
This
> > has happened more than once to me and to others using Word as well?
> >
> > I know I can delete everything using the EDIT, SELECT ALL, and DELETE
> > combination but I know that not the cause. Hoping someone out there can
> > explain the solution!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > WDA
> >
> > ballensr@adelphia.net
> >
> > end
> >
> >
>

Suzanne
Mon Nov 17 17:29:58 CST 2003

Just remember that when you select text and can't overwrite it, it's because
you cleared that check box (which is usually better checked).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"WDA" <ballensr@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:R5bub.1307$i24.1191673@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> Thanks Suzanne,
>
> I think you hit on it. I find my left hand sometimes resting on the
Control
> key and probably when I type an "a" followed by another key everything
> except that last key disappears. Unchecking the box like you suggest
solves
> the problem.
>
> Once again, thanks,
>
> WDA
>
> end
>
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:emQZ3pJrDHA.2404@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > If you inadvertently select all the text and have "Typing replaces
> > selection" enabled (Edit tab of Tools | Options), then the next
character
> > you type will overwrite all the selected text. But Undo should reverse
> this.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
> so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "WDA" <ballensr@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> > news:mzRtb.1141$i24.972309@news3.news.adelphia.net...
> > > What key combination am I inadvertenly hitting that causes all my work
> to
> > > disappear from Word ? The work is not even recoverable using "Undo".
> This
> > > has happened more than once to me and to others using Word as well?
> > >
> > > I know I can delete everything using the EDIT, SELECT ALL, and DELETE
> > > combination but I know that not the cause. Hoping someone out there
can
> > > explain the solution!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > WDA
> > >
> > > ballensr@adelphia.net
> > >
> > > end
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>